     <!--Left Column (Links n Stuff)-->
        <div id="left_column">
        </div>
        
        <!--Main Body of text/information-->
        <div id="mid_column">
        	<?php
				/*blog information*/
				$dsn="traelidc_news";
				$username="traelidc_lid6j86";
				$password="!@#123QWEqwe";
				
				/*loads MySQL News Database*/
				mysql_connect("localhost", $username, $password) or die(mysql_error()); 
 				mysql_select_db($dsn) or die(mysql_error());
				
				// Collects data from "friends" table 
				$query =  "SELECT * FROM homenews ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 25"; 
				$data = mysql_query($query)
				or die(mysql_error()); 
 
 				// puts the "friends" info into the $info array 
 
				while ($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
 				{
					echo "<p class='newsitem'> <span class='date'>" . $info['Date'] . "</span> - " . $info['News'] . "</p>";
				}
				?>
        </div>
        
        
        <!--Legal Info, etc....-->
        <div id="footer">
        	<p>TraeLid Designs copyright 2012</p>
        </div>